The nine-week program gave the women training in setting concrete forms, residential wood framing and erecting scaffolding.
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In St. Louis County, MO, University City High School students are learning the carpentry craft while in class.
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“My job here at the apprenticeship is to help the apprentices coming aboard to transition into the career. I’m the first guy in the chain,” Winemiller said.
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From Chicago to Springfield, MO, and everywhere in between, our members and representatives have been hitting the road and attending career fairs.
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It was the first Journeymen Leadership training since our merger and attendees had a chance to get to know each other, learn new skills, and meet with EST Gary Perinar to ask questions about the latest Union initiatives.
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CHICAGO — Workers around the state have new protections to help ensure they are paid what’s owed to them under new legislation that passed the Illinois General Assembly on Friday. HB5412 makes a primary contractor liable for the failure of a subcontractor to pay wages owed to its workers. The subcontractor would in turn be […]
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The project is estimated to cost at least $800 million and will employ up to 1,300 construction workers a day.
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The proposal seeks to speed up future prevailing wage updates, ensuring prevailing wage rates keep up with the cost of living and could mean higher wages for workers.
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An internal investigation conducted by the UBC found Bond allegedly committed multiple violations including misappropriation of funds and defrauding the brotherhood.
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